Students accused of using fake iPhones to scam Apple out of $900,000

Two students have been accused of using counterfeit iPhones in a scam which defrauded Apple out of nearly $900,000 .

According to court documents, the US-based students received shipments of fake phones from China and sent them to Apple to get them repaired. According to the charges, Apple often responded to repair requests by sending the pair replacement models - genuine iPhones which the pair sent back to China to be sold for profit.

The pair, Quan Jiang and Yangyang Zhou, are Chinese nationals who were legally in the US on student visas. According to court documents, Apple doesn't immediately examine or repair phones which have power issues - but typically aims to replace them as soon as it can.Apple sent cease-and-desist orders to an address associated with Jiang demanding he stop sending counterfeit phones in 2017.However when interviewed by an agent for Homeland Security, Jiang denied having received any of these letters.

Lots of parrots in the comments.

Very enterprising of them. Apple should give them a job.

If Apple could pay their taxes that’d be great 👍

It is What they deserve. Apple that is

Good for them. Apple have been scamming people for years.

Apple been scamming customers for years as they are all the same just different shape and size!!

He scammed them out of one whole iPhone's worth?

its only what apple do to their customers so its only fair

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